Open Tech Calendar

Sheffield DM is proudly sponsored by Evoluted, Sitebulb, LensGo Visual Media and unLTD!

This summer, Sheffield DM is going bigger than ever!
We're so excited to start sharing details of this summer's event - it's safe to say this will be our best one yet. Following the brilliant reaction to last July's Sheffield DM Goes Large, which attracted over 100 marketers from all over the country, this year we've set our sights higher still.

Multiple stages
Prestigious Sheffield venue
Our best-ever speaker lineup
We have a huge venue upgrade in The Octagon Centre (part of the University of Sheffield campus) which will allow us to run multiple stages for the first time in our history - and we already have an incredible line-up of some of the best names in digital marketing confirmed. We'll be welcoming marketers at the top of their game across SEO, marketing strategy, Social and Paid Media, plus some insightful panels packed with experts. More on that front soon too!

Sheffield is a hotbed of marketing talent - our community's growth over the past four-and-a-half years from small-scale meetups at a train station pub to sold-out events at the Workstation proves that. It's time to put our city firmly on the map as a leading UK digital hub - and this year's edition is our first step to creating an annual marketing event the North can be proud of and which rivals those in the South.

We're releasing 50 Early Bird tickets at £75+VAT, before the regular tickets go on sale at £100+VAT in late May.

👉 50x Early Bird tickets now on sale - get in quick, cos we're expecting them to go fast! 👈

NB: Sending the whole gang and want to buy more than 5 tickets`? Drop us an email (hello@sheffielddm) or DM us on Twitter and we'll see if we can sort a bulk discount.

Speakers
Main stage
🎤 HEADLINE: Stephen Kenwright (Former Rise at Seven founder - exited)

Stephen cofounded PR and search agency Rise at Seven in 2019, having previously served as Head of Digital at Pendragon, the UK's largest automotive retailer, and headed up the SEO offering at another agency, Branded3. He exited Rise late last year.

This will be Stephen's second Sheffield DM talk - his first, a Digital PR masterclass in 2021, ranks among our best-ever talks according to multiple Sheffield DM regulars! He also cofounded SearchLeeds, the major Northern marketing conference which ran from 2016-2019 and has been a huge inspiration to our team.

One of our three headliners, Stephen's talk will draw on what he's learnt from building digital businesses - we can't wait!

📈 Sophie Gibson (Technical SEO Director, StudioHawk)

With a wealth of agency experience supporting SMEs and major brands with their SEO strategies, plus two brightonSEO talks under her belt, Sophie's technical SEO credentials couldn't be stronger.

As someone who has supported our events since the beginning, rarely missing a meetup over the past four years, it's brilliant to finally have Sophie up on our stage. This promises to be a fantastic talk!

🎙️ Panel Host: Luke Carthy (Ecommerce CRO & SEO Consultant)

A seasoned ecommerce consultant and international speaker, Luke has helped a wide range of B2B and B2C brands develop their CRO, SEO and general marketing strategies over the past 12 years.

Luke's been in the ecommerce game since the age of 16 - and if you've seen him speak before, you'll know he'll be bringing just as much charisma to this panel as he will experience! More panel details TBA soon.

Paid Media stage
🚀 Inderpaul Rai (Head of Acquisition & Performance Marketing, ufurnish.com)

SCurrently leading Acquisition and Performance Marketing at furniture site ufurnish.com, Indi has over 10 years' experience both agency and brand-side across Paid Media, SEO and Martech.

Having gained experience working in numerous sectors, he's now helping to transform the way people shop for furniture and home furnishing with ufurnish - which will make for some brilliant insights!

🌟 Emma Glover (Founder & Head of Social, Victress)

Victress founder Emma will be drawing on over a decade's marketing experience working with clients including Kellogg Company, Barclays and Saint-Gobain to provide some brilliant insights for our audience.

At Nottingham-based micro-agency Victress, Emma supports ambitious B2B brands with Paid Media strategies. She's passionate about all things Paid Social - especially her favourite, LinkedIn Ads!